Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking S.P.A. Makes New $505,000 Investment in Ventas, Inc. $VTR

Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking S.P.A. acquired a new position in shares of Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 6,521 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $505,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VTR. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S boosted its holdings in Ventas by 97.7% in the third quarter. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S now owns 36,713 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,570,000 after purchasing an additional 18,146 shares in the last quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group increased its stake in Ventas by 3.6% in the third quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 2,487,572 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $170,946,000 after purchasing an additional 85,340 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Ventas by 2.5% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 73,598,827 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $5,151,182,000 after purchasing an additional 1,802,515 shares in the last quarter. Krilogy Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Ventas during the third quarter worth approximately $919,000. Finally, Aberdeen Group plc lifted its position in shares of Ventas by 8.3% during the 3rd quarter. Aberdeen Group plc now owns 1,580,923 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $109,985,000 after buying an additional 120,825 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.18% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Ventas

In other news, Director Walter C. Rakowich sold 1,152 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.20, for a total value of $103,910.40. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 28,349 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,557,079.80. This represents a 3.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 0.53% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

VTR has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Citigroup upped their target price on shares of Ventas from $96.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 1st. Mizuho boosted their price target on shares of Ventas from $87.00 to $94.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $93.00 price objective on shares of Ventas in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Argus set a $88.00 price objective on Ventas in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Finally, Scotiabank lifted their target price on Ventas from $93.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Fourteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Ventas presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $94.75.

Ventas Price Performance

VTR stock opened at $88.07 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.25, a quick ratio of 0.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95. The company has a market capitalization of $42.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 160.12, a PEG ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 0.74. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $85.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $81.78. Ventas, Inc. has a twelve month low of $61.76 and a twelve month high of $91.06.

Ventas (NYSE:VTR) last announced its earnings results on Monday, April 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.11 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.12 by ($0.01). Ventas had a net margin of 4.25% and a return on equity of 2.09%. The business had revenue of $1.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.59 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.84 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 22.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Ventas has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.820-3.890 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Ventas, Inc. will post 3.86 EPS for the current year.

Ventas Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be paid a $0.52 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.4%. Ventas’s payout ratio is currently 378.18%.

About Ventas

Ventas, Inc (NYSE: VTR) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in healthcare-related real estate. The company acquires, owns and manages a diversified portfolio of properties serving the healthcare continuum, including senior housing communities, skilled nursing facilities, medical office buildings, life science and research centers, and other properties leased to healthcare providers and operators. Ventas generates revenue through long-term leases, property management and selective development activities focused on meeting the real estate needs of the healthcare sector.

Ventas’ business model combines property ownership with active asset management and capital markets activity.